Star anise

(Fujian folk herbal medicine)

[alias] Illicium verum (compendium of Chinese materia medica), jinkuilian (classified herbal medicine), Illicium verum, Phyllanthus heterophylla (Guiyang folk medicine), yiyiyisan, Mangan and yizhihua (Guangxi Chinese materia medica annals), Illicium verum and liujiaolian (Guangzhou army's Manual of common Chinese herbal medicine), dujiaolian, Illicium verum and Illicium verum (Jiangxi herbal medicine), Shanshan (Zhejiang folk herbal medicine) 》)。

[source] it is the rhizome and root of Illicium.

[plant morphology] Illicium verum

Perennial herbs. Rhizomes recumbent, with stout fibrous roots. Stem erect, about 20-40 cm high. Cauline leaf 2 pieces, meet and grow near the top of stem; stalk length about 14 cm; leaf blade shield shape sub circle, diameter 20 ~ 30 cm, 5 ~ 9 lobes, lobes wide triangular ovate, length 3 ~ 5 cm, leaf margin has fine teeth. Inflorescence umbelliform, at the intersection of two leaves on the top of stem, flowers 5-8, or more, drooping; sepals 6, elliptic, about 12 mm long; petals 6, dark red, arranged in 2 rings, outer ring 3 elliptic, inner ring 3 obovate; stamens 6, filaments flat, open; anthers as long as filaments or longer, introverted; style short, stigma shield, ovary superior. The berries are round. It blooms in early summer.

It grows in deep mountains and dense forests. It is distributed in the south, southwest and southeast of China.

The same genus of Dysosma is distributed in Sichuan, Yunnan and Guizhou. Its rhizome is the same as Illicium in Guizhou, and has the same efficacy.

[collection] collect and dig in autumn and winter, wash sediment, dry or fresh.

[herbal medicine] rhizome is nodular, about 6-10 cm long, about 0.7-1.5 cm in diameter, light yellow when fresh, brown black when dry; the surface is flat or slightly concave, with several small pits on the top and ring lines below. Most of the fibrous roots are 20 cm long, about 1 mm in diameter, hairy, light yellow when fresh, and brownish yellow when dry. Hard and brittle, easy to break. The section of rhizome is yellow green, horny; the section of root is yellow, and there is a dot like stele in the center. It tastes bitter.

Produced in Guangxi, Sichuan, Guizhou and other places.

[chemical constituents] the roots and rhizomes contain podophyllotoxin, deoxypodophyllotoxin, isopicropodolone and hyperin.

[flavor] bitter, pungent, flat, toxic.

① Classification of herbal medicine: "bitter taste, non-toxic. "

② Fujian folk herbal medicine: "Gan Wei Xin, Wen, toxic. "

③ Guiyang folk herbs: "pungent, slightly bitter, flat, non-toxic. "

④ "Guangxi Traditional Chinese medicine annals": "sweet and bitter slightly pungent, cool nature, non-toxic. "

[Guijing] records of Guangxi Traditional Chinese medicine: "entering lung meridian. "

Functions and indications: clearing away heat and toxin, resolving phlegm and dispersing stagnation, removing blood stasis and detumescence. It is used to treat carbuncle, sores, sores, throat moths, bruises and snake bites.

① "Gangmu Shiyi": cure all poisonous snake injuries. "

② "Guizhou folk medicine collection" says: "it is used to treat weakness and prolapse of anus; it is used externally to eliminate injury and swelling, and to treat snake bites and sores. "

③ Fujian folk herbal medicine: "dispersing and activating blood stasis, eliminating gall and detoxifying. "

④ "Guangxi Traditional Chinese medicine annals": "clearing away heat and resolving phlegm, detoxifying snake and insect venom. Treatment of lung heat, phlegm cough, insect and snake bites, single and double moth throat pain, sores. "

⑤ Sichuan Traditional Chinese medicine annals: "it is used to treat fatigue, hematemesis, lumbago, scabies and alopecia. "

⑥ "Clearing heat and detoxification, drying dampness and purging fire" is a common Chinese herbal medicine manual of Guangzhou army. Treatment of lymphadenitis, mumps, carbuncle sores. "

⑦ "Jiangxi herbal medicine": "treatment of kidney deficiency, fatigue, heatstroke, stomachache. "

[usage and dosage] oral administration: decoction, 2-4 yuan; or grinding powder. External use: grind and apply, pound and apply or dip wine and apply.

[prescription selection] 1. At the beginning of the treatment of swelling and toxin: star anise plus brown sugar or distiller's grains, mashed and applied, twice a day. (Fujian folk herbal medicine)

② Treatment of sores: star anise two money, steamed wine service; and with fibrous root mash applied to the affected area. (Guiyang folk herbs)

③ Treatment of scrofula: 1 to 2 liang of star anise and 2 liang of yellow rice wine. Add some water and fry. (Fujian folk herbal medicine)

④ Treatment of herpes zoster: study the root of star anise and apply it to the affected area. (Guangxi Chinese herbal medicine)

⑤ Treatment single double moth sore throat: star anise a money, grinding juice swallowing. (records of Guangxi Traditional Chinese Medicine)

⑥ Treatment of traumatic injury: star anise root 1 to 3 money, research fine powder, wine delivery service, twice a day. (Jiangxi herbal medicine)

⑦ Treatment of snake bite: one star anise three to five money, mash, red wine clothing, residue around the wound. (Guangxi Chinese herbal medicine) two Baijiu lotus root liquor is used to rub the affected area; it can also be orally taken, and it costs two yuan for each. For neurotoxin, take five segments of star anise root, soak in 7 ml of 75% alcohol for 7 days, take 1-2 ml of extract and inject it into the wound. (Jiangxi herbal medicine)

⑧ Treatment of phlegm cough: star anise four money, pig lung two to four Liang, appropriate amount of sugar. Make a casserole. (records of Guangxi Traditional Chinese Medicine)

⑨ Treatment of weakness, tuberculosis cough, sweating night sweats: star anise three money, steamed pigeons or stewed chicken or stewed pork half Jin service. (Guiyang folk herbs)

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